{"id":677,"date":"2010-02-28T02:00:50","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=677"},"modified":"2010-02-28T02:00:50","modified_gmt":"2010-02-28T10:00:50","slug":"open-thread-2282010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/02\/28\/open-thread-2282010\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 2\/28\/2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I managed to catch up on replying to comments and returning visits, before I spent the rest of the day working on the website for my nonprofit group and building our new home here.  The intensity of the work had me so pumped that I could not sleep at all last night, so I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll do better than keeping up with comments today.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

It took me 4:49.  To do it,<\/font> click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Chili suffered<\/font> an earthquake<\/a>, measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale yesterday.  At least 214 people were killed.  The Richter scale increases expenentially, so the quake was almost 100 times more powerful that Haiti\u2019s 7.0 quake.<\/font><\/p>\n

The conservative establishment are<\/font> trying to distance themselves<\/a> from their base, the tea baggers, by criticizing the birthers, the truthers and other elements of the wing-nut fringe.  I see this as a positive development, because by doing so, they will alienate the majority of their base and spawn three way races.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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See Cartoons by Cartoon by R.J. Matson<\/a> – Courtesy of Politicalcartoons.com<\/a> – Email this Cartoon<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

Enjoy your Sunday!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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